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We talk a fair amount about keeping warm in the world of prepping, but we really don’t talk about keeping cool. Yet, there are places in the southern part of the country where the oppressive heat is as dangerous as the cold that the people who live in the north are concerned about. Both can be dangerous; so for some, knowing how to keep cool in hot weather is as important as keeping warm in cold weather is for others. In some parts of the south, 100 degree temperatures are the norm for as much as nine months of the...

There are a number of traps which are part and parcel of prepping and actually quite easy to fall into. One of these is fear; we can become so focused on the disasters that can befall us that we are motivated by fear. We can also go to the opposite extreme, becoming so comfortable with the idea of our own preparedness to face anything, that we become careless. When that happens, we do things like leaving home without being prepared. Somehow, we all seem to develop this image of a disaster happening when we are at home and ready for...

Kids are often the driving point for an adult’s need to prepare to survive. Your job as a parent is to protect your child and that doesn’t just stop when a disaster is at hand. Doing it all yourself isn’t really an option. You can’t be everywhere at once. Your children need to have some basic knowledge about what they should do in an emergency. As a parent, this is something you can talk with them about and teach them in a way that doesn’t scare them. Thinking about a major disaster or the end of the world as we...

The most important element of survival isn’t a piece of equipment or having the right supplies. It’s not purchasing the perfect gun or learning the right martial arts moves. It’s not even knowing 57 ways of starting a fire or how to make a shelter out of nothing. No, the most important element of survival is your attitude. You have to have the right attitude or you’re not going to make it. Medical science has even recognized the importance of attitude in patients with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Those who believe they are going to defeat their illness and...

New Year’s Day is upon us, time to kick back, relax, get over your hangover from New Year’s Eve and of course, partake of that great American tradition… making New Year’s resolutions. I’ve always thought of those as somewhat of a joke, considering that most of us don’t make it past a week, without breaking them. But, there are a few who actually make New Year’s resolutions and then have the self-discipline to carry through with them. I guess in a way that’s what New Year’s resolutions are, a test of our self-discipline. After all, if we can’t commit to...